At Alta Ski Area, Utah, another seasonal milestone has come and gone. Late last week, the Little Cottonwood Canyon destination passed 400 inches of seasonal snowfall. Still, a considerable gap between ...

As we sit on the doorstep of spring’s equinox, a storm dispatch from Alta Ski Area indicates winter’s fury is not prepared to surrender its stronghold in the refuge of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. Around ...

Not every run at Alta Ski Area is visible from underneath a chairlift. The Alta Shuffle requires a bit of an operator’s manual in addition to strong legs. I skip over a few small rollers and tag a ...

Alta's reasoning is simple: Quads cost too much, and faster lifts put more bodies on the slopes, crowding the trails and degrading the snow surface. Alta has always valued the quality of the ...